Last night I tried again to photograph the Milky Way. However, it is now too bright at night to get similar results as last time.

A27 near Köstersweg

The camera/lens used this time was the Nikon D500 with the Voigtländer 58mm f/1.4. The image is composed of two single images. For the lower area, the exposure was 30 seconds with f/4 at ISO 400 with the iOptron turned off. The Milky Way then with the same parameters with the mount turned on. The exposures were then blended in Photoshop.

From the exposure times and ISO values you can already see how bright it still was. Here in the north the sun hardly goes below -12° and accordingly no more astronomical twilight.

It’s not really pleasant there on the highway bridge. It cracks quite loudly from time to time. I assume that this comes from the guardrails on the highway. In addition, there were still some cars on the road and I had to take a break from time to time.

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To the surprise there were then also some decent NLCs to see in the other direction.

NLCs above Cuxhaven